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LECTURE 16
questions after lecture
first try these again
now think about these
- Did you guess right about the winner of the race? What is a good way to explain why up plus down loses?
- Do you understand the gamma factor triangle which has 1 on the hypotenuse? For that triangle, if v/c=3/5, what is gamma?
- How did Michelson and Morley look for the gamma factor effect with light?
- What is the value of a null experiment such as Michelson"s?
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Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.
Revised October 8, 1997.
Content © 1997, Bernice Durand
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